At a guess,late 40s early 50s.,and can only assume they are digging the ditch for electricity/gas/sewage ? The children are fair interested in what they are doing.Strange not to see a single car or lorry .

I know my Summer'll never comeI know I'll cry until my dying day has comeLet the Winter roll alongI've got nothing left but song

Note that most of the men in the photo are working. There seems to be only one fellow in charge, the one in the middle of the road..Nowadays there would be 4 well-dressed fellows studying plans, another 5 on their mobiles and mebbe one actually working!I think I'd put the time as much earlier than the 50's though.TR

Sorry to drag an old post up, but what happened to the big church spire that you can see at the end of the road, what is it now ? Looking on Google it looks like it was where the Tesco is now, so what was there before Tesco and why would they demolish a church ?Anyone shed any light on it.